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cautioneth

cautioneth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of caution.

Meaning of caution

Verb

caution (third-person singular simple present cautions, present participle cautioning, simple past and past participle cautioned)

  1. (transitive) To warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted.
    • "Careful, Uwe," cautions my Venezuelan explorer friend, José Miguel Pérez, with a grim smile. "You're too big for us to carry back down."1989 May, Uwe George, “Venezuela's Islands in Time”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 535
  2. (UK, transitive) To read someone their formal legal rights as part of a lawful arrest.
    • They're under arrest. Caution them, will you?1999 September 12, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Dead Man's Eleven”, in Midsomer Murders
  3. To give a yellow card.

See all 9 meanings of caution

Origin of cautioneth

caution + -eth

Questions about cautioneth

What is cautioneth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cautioneth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of caution.

Words near cautioneth in the dictionary

  1. cautionary tale
  2. cautionary tales
  3. cautioned
  4. cautioner
  5. cautioners
  6. cautioneth
  7. cautioning
  8. cautionings
  9. cautionist
  10. cautionries
  11. cautionry

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